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Friday, September 27, 2013

I have managed to get a little more work done here lately, even I know, it haven´t been too much thoug.
A little while ago, I saw something like this on a blog, sorry I just can´t remember, who´s it was, and she had explained pretty well, how it was made, and as I thought, it looked really nice, I decided to give it a try too, and this is, what I got out of my try on this.

Front of the box, which is closed with a ribbon, I´ve glued around it and added an eyelet to and a tiny buckle in the other end, that is actually one I found in one of my mum´s old boxes, that I inheritaged, when she dies, and I can still remember, that it´s from my babysisters very old fine shoes, when she was maybe 3 or so, so it was a bit fun to reuse these too.
Fronten af æsken, som blir lukket med et bånd, der er limet rundt om, og isat en eyelet i den ene ende og et lille spænde, jeg faktisk fandt i en af min mors efterladte bokse, som jeg arvede, da hun døde, og jeg kan stadig huske, at det er fra min lillesøsters fine sko, fra hun var omkring 3 år gammel, så det var lidt sjovt at genbruge det.

This is the box half opened. / Her er æsken halvt åbnet op.

And here it´s all opened up, so you can see the paper I used in the bottom f it.
Og her er den helt åbnet op, så I kan se det flotte papir, der er brugt i bunden af den.

And here´s the front shown at an angle. I haven´t decorated it too much, only with a little flowers, as I thought the paper, which is from Pion, was sooo decorative, that it didn´t need a lot more embellisment on it.
Og her er fronten så vist fra siden. Jeg har ikke dekoreret den særlig meget, ud over lidt blomster, da jeg faktisk syntes at de flotte papirer fra Pion er så flotte i sig selv, at de ikke behøver en masse mere.

Maybe you can all remember, I got all these folding dies from Nellie Snellen for my birthday? Here´s one thing, that I have made with one of them. It´s originally meant to be for a christmas ornament, but I saw something like this on the fair, I went to a few weeks ago, and was pretty impressed by it, so I got pretty pleased, when I found out, that I got this die. But boy if I could remember, how it was folded, when I saw that at the fair, so it took quite a few trials, before I finally managed to make one, that looked at least like the one I saw, cause I´m still not sure, it´s done the same way, but it worked okay for me thoug, and I think, it was a great idea to make these tealight holders with it, and it makes it easy to make the decor fit any party you may create for, without too big costs to make some new ones next time LOL.

Here´s the die next to the tealight holders. / Her er ddien ved siden af lysestagerne.

Seen close up from the side, how it´s folded./ Set tæt på fra siden, hvordan jeg har foldet den.

And seen from above, with a tealight in there. / Og set fra oven med et lys i dem.

The last one here is a card, that my son came and asked me to make wednesday night last week. It had to be made especially for his girlfriends cousin and his fiance, who both turned 30, and who had wished for money to help pay for a trip, they´re going on to Australia here in a couple of month, instead of a gift, so the card should have room to add the money and it should show an Australian theme. And by the way, then they needed it to be ready saturday morning, when they had to leave for the party, that was in the other end of our country LOL. So it didn´t leave me too much time to think out anything too complicated, so this is what I came up with here:

The front of the card, is a wordmap, I found on the internet, where I added a small diecut flyingmachine on a dottet line to show the route between Denmark and Australia, A picture of the Sydney Operahouse, that is designed and build of a Danish designer many years ago, and a couplde more pics, also found on the internet ofcause.
Fronten på kortet er et verdenskort, som er fundet online, og hvorpå der er dottet en linie mellem Danmark og Australien og tilføjet en lille diecut flyver og nogle billeder fra Australien bl.a. Sydney Operahus, som jo er designet og bygget af en dansker, som vi alle ved her.

The inside of the card is decorated with some different items, that symbolized all their demands and an envelope to hold the money in it, and below a writingfield for the note, and a bit more small diecuts and flowers.
Indeni kortet er det dekoreret med forskellige ting, som igen symboliserer de krav, som de havde lagt og en lille kuvert til at holde pengene. Og nederst er der lavet et skrivefelt og omkranset af flere små die cuts og blomster.

Og selvfølgelig mit personlige stempel på bagsiden, så de kan se, hvem der har lavet det
And ofcause my personalized stamp on the back, so they know, who made it for them.

That´s all I have for you today dear friends, I hope, you´ll let me know, what you think and will enjoy to watch my work here again.
Have a wonderful day everyone and lots of great fun til we meet again next time. Take good care.

Now Hobbyboden has shown my second entry too, so I can show that one here on my own blog too.
It´s also a weddingcard, but a quite more untraditional one, than the first one LOL, but I hope, you all like it. I can tell, that the couple, who recieved it, were more than pleased about it, especially the groom, who just loved it for some reason, wonder why? ha ha ha.

Men her er de lidt mange billeder, så døm selv:
But here they come, so judge for yourself:

The front of the card all folded.

The backside of the card all folded.

How it opens up.

The card all unfolded and tied the ribbons, so it can stand on a table or shelf all opened.

Here´s the first pocket in the card.

Here´s the second pocket of the card.

And here´s a close up of the headlines of an article I found on the internet once, and used onhere.

And here´s the third pocket of the card too.

And here´s the fourth and final pocket of the card with the article from the old English schoolbook, that I found on the internet, about a newly wedded wife´s duties LOL. Wonder if that wasn´t why the groom just loved it soo much?? he he he

And here´s a close up of the recipee for a Happy Marriage too.

I hope, you all like it and like the humour, that I put into it too.
It´s made as a Circle Flip Up Book , that I found the lesson for here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/circleflipupbook/
I kept it in a vintage style, because the bride just loves that, and used lots of dies from Spellbinders and Marianne Design, as well as I used a lot of different vintage pictures and tags on it too and then the articles that I found on the internet some times ages ago and just saved for the fun in them, but thought they would be great here, as I know the groom isn´t too much for the romatic style as she was, and I think for a wedding, it has to be a bit for both of them, if I possibly can, and this time it was a huge succes from what I heard afterwards ha ha ha.

Monday, September 23, 2013

It seems like, I´m getting more Danish followers too, who don´t deal too well with the English language, so at least for a while, I´ll try and write in both languages, just so you know, and don´t get too confused.

Before we get started, I´ll have to warn you, it´s going to be a pretty long entry this time, just so you know.
As I also told you yesterday, I´ve joined Birthdaygroup 3 on the Danish forum Scrapsisters, and as it was my birthday last week, Iit was my turn to recieve some awesome cards from the other girls there. I´ve recieved these 7 beautiful cards, and even got a little gift with a couple of them too. Thanks so much for all that girls, it was a wonderful feeling to get sooo many beautiful cards for my birthday.

But besides all these, I also got some great cards and parcels from friends around the world too, as well as I got some gorgeous gifts too, that will bring me loads of fun times for the rest of the year and a good part of next year too ha ha ha.

The first lot here is from my really sweet and dear friend through many many years, Marie from Australia.

Here´s all the wonderful goodies, I got out of the box from her. Lotts of crafting stuff for me to play with now he he.

And look at this absolutely gorgeous little box, she had made for me. It is sooooo stunning and lovely decorated. Just awesome work.

And when I looked inside it, I found this gorgeous neclace here with the owl. MArie knows, that I have a soft spot for owls he he he. Thanks sooo much sweetie, it´s really gorgeous and I just LOVE it.

And look at this gorgeous card here, she made too. It´s absolutely stunning. I´m totally overwhelmed with this here too.

And when I looked inside it, she had also decorated it very personally inside with and owl reading in a book with my personal greeting on.

Unfortunately it had been opened in custom, so they had messed it up a bit on the back, where she had also decorated it with gorgeous diecuts as well, but those custom people don´t care too much about those things, I´m afraid, but just toss it back down in the box, when they´re done LOL.

And here´s a little close up on that gorgeous owl, she made inside.
Thanks so much sweetie, I just LOVE everything here and feel really spoiled with all this, thanks sooo much.

I also got another parcel from Australia a couple days before my birthday. It was from a lasy named Angie, who´s running a craftgroup, I´m in on the internet. There wasn´t any card in it, but still a supercool gift, I got here, and I absolutely LOVE everything in there too.
Thanks sooo much Angie, I really LOVE this too, and these gorgeous papers will be kept for some really special projects, that´s for sure.
Here they come:

Here´s all I pulled out of the envelope from Angie.

Look at these absolutely stunning papers here. Angie knew, I had been searching high and low to find some of these, but it showed, that Australia was the only place in the entire world, we could get them, and they were pretty expensive, so with the postage on top and our crazy customrules, I just gave up on ordering them, so Angie sent me a few sheets of these, which I absolutely LOVE.

There were also some gorgeous vellums inthere in gorgeous pastel colors, that she also knoew, I loves.

And a pack of these stunning patterned foiled sheets too, that will be fantastic for christmascards now, soooooooo gorgeous too.

And finally she also know my love for owls and sent a set of owlstamps for me too he he, so I was really spoiled here too, thanks sooooooooooo very much Angie, I really love everything here, and it´ll keep me busy for a while too.ha ha ha.

Finally I was certainly also really spoiled by hubby, who had gone completely crazy buying goodies for me, and I definitely must say, he has learned, what a girl like us likes to get for her birthday ha ha ha.
We had first been on the big anual fair the week-end before my birthday, where I had already been spoiled rotten, but anyway he still had been by my local craftshop and brought me another parcel on the day too, so I can definitely NOT complain about my gift this year, but look for yourself , here it all comes:

Masser af dies fra MArianne design

Og nogle fra Joy, Nellie Snellen og Memory Box

Og 2 af de store Nellie Snellen folding dies, som laver et hjerte og et ornament eller en lysestage, alt efter hvordan man folder den, men den viser jeg senere.
The first one makes a heart and the second one makes an ornament or a small holder for a tealight candle, which I´ll show later.

And all these here on the last picture, is those, he had bought for me and vgave me on the actual birthday, so I was really spoiled as you can see. But I just want to say thoug, that he´s been completely facinated of these folding dies himself, and probably also why I got soo many of those here ha ha ha, but I certainly don´t mind, as I like them too he he he he.
So it´s been quite a birthday I must confess and besides all these things, I also got perfume, flowers and different deodorants from my kids too, so I can definitely enjoy myself for quite a while here now.

So it has certainly been quite a birthday this year, but I have to admit, that I actually quite liked it thoug he he he. Thank you so much for watching, and I don´t hope, you´ve given up half way through, as it did get pa pretty long entry, I have to admit. But thanks anyway and have a wonderful time til we meet again.
Biiiiiig hugs to all of you.
Maryann

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A little about me

Hi, My name is Maryann. I´m 54 y.o., married with 4 grown kids and 8 grandkids. We live in a very rural area, where the skyes are high and we can hear the birds singing in the morning, and see a fox run over the fields or a phesant walks around in the garden.

I´ve always been a crafter of some kind, but it´s devellopped quite a bit, since I disabled my back some years ago and got on healthretirement back then, so today I´m doing almost any thinkable craft, that´s involving paper or felt. I´m totally addicted to gorgeous paper and beautiful ribbons and bling. And I just love the challenge to make something creative out of all kinds of things, that all other people would throw in the trash. I love special folded cards and boxes and different giftwrapping and always looking out for new giftideas. I find my inspiration everywhere, it can be a book, a picture or something in the TV, or something quite different.

I hope, you´ll enjoy it inhere and I hope, I somehow can be an inspiration for you in your work too, and you´re always welcome to contact me and ask, if you have any questions about anything inhere, and I´ll always be happy to help, if I possibly can.